Added by: miaow | Karma: 8463.35 | Fiction literature | 28 February 2010
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Cally's War
Cally's War is a novel by John Ringo and Julie Cochrane, and is part of the Legacy of the Aldenata series. It follows Michael O'Neal's daughter Cally, who, raised from an early age by her paternal grandfather to be familiar with weapons and tactics, becomes a professional assassin.
The squat, noisy duck occupies a prominent role in the human cultural imagination, as evidenced by everything from the rubber duck of childhood baths to insurance commercials. With Duck, Victoria de Rijke explores the universality of this quacking bird through the course of human culture and history. From the Eider duck to the Brazilian teal to the familiar mallard, duck species are richly diverse, and de Rijke offers a comprehensive overview of their evolutionary history.
California Demon' is comic relief in the world of paranormal fiction. In this follow-up to 'Carpe Demon' Kate Connor, retired demon hunter, keeps busy fending off demon attacks, wondering why the mysterious new teacher at the high school seems so strangely familiar, and keeping a watchful eye on her daughter's growing infatuation with a surfer dude, Kate is the busiest-and most dangerous-soccer mom on the block
This reference work includes alphabetically arranged entries on roughly 150 fictional detectives, with an emphasis on contemporary figures. The volume provides coverage of familiar and less familiar detectives; male and female protagonists and figures from a wide range of historical, cultural, and geographical settings. Entries discuss the various novels in which the detective appears; the character's locale and time period; the detective's associates, adversaries, and significant others; and the character's investigative techniques.
